Sun
Planets
Solar System
Universe
Space Exploration
100
The sun is a ________.
Star
100
List 3 ways Earth and Mars are similar.
Both are planets, both have polar ice caps, both are inner planets, etc.
100
Our Solar System has _____ planets.
Eight
100
There are other solar systems in our universe. True or False.
True
100
We are the ______country to send an astronaut into space.
Second, Russia was first.
200
The sun accounts for 99.9% of all ______in the solar system.
Light
200
The hottest planet
Mercury
200
Pluto was reclassified as a __________ planet in 2006.
Dwarf
200
Exoplanets are planets that are _________ our solar system.
outside
200
Name the first man to walk on the moon in 1969.
Neil Armstrong
300
When our sun dies it will become a __________
white dwarf or black dwarf star
300
The __________ is a huge, swirling storm in Jupiter's upper atmosphere.
Great Red Spot
300
Our solar system is a part of the _______ Galaxy.
Milky Way
300
There are 88 officially recognized __________ in the night sky.
Constellations
300
A space walk is….
when a tethered astronaut goes outside of the space craft.
400
Nuclear reactions take place in the sun's _______.
Core
400
Earth's tilted axis allows for ____________.
Seasons
400
What are shooting stars?
Meteors
400
Put these in order from smallest to largest: planet, galaxy, universe, galaxy cluster, moon, star, solar system
moon, planet, star, solar system, galaxy, galaxy cluster, universe
400
Name one Mars Rover.
Spirit, Opportunity or Curiosity
500
Explain the difference between a Solar and Lunar Eclipse.
Answers will vary.
500
Mars has frozen water in ________ ice caps.
Polar
500
What is the difference between a meteoroid and a meteorite?
Meteorite hits the earth, Meteoroid travels through space.
500
Name the process that scientist think created the universe.
Big Bang Theory
500
In order to travel through space humans will need to travel at Warp Speed. What is Warp Speed?
A speed fasted than the speed of light.
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